Tokyo and surrounding prefectures were rocked early Thursday morning by a magnitude 5.4 earthquake in northeastern Chiba Prefecture.
The earthquake occurred at 12:07 a.m. at a depth of 50 kilometers in the town of Yokoshibahikari, , registering lower five on 91AV原创 seven-point shindo seismic scale. No tsunami alert was issued.
The government established an information liaison office at the Prime Minister’s Office at 12:11 a.m. to gather information and assess damage, NHK reported.
Chiba Prefectural Police had received no reports of damage or injury caused by the quake?as of 12:20 a.m. and were continuing to monitor the situation, according to NHK.
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